The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 1, 1882, Page 1

Che Butler Week! BUTLER, MISSOURI, WEDNE DAY, MARCH 1 1882, Boots and Shoes Consignee’s Sale free territory, and consequently had nothing to do with the Kansas border | war. When the civil war came up | he was a staunch Union man and in | tavor of supporting the Government. | Being always in the nabit of expres- sing his opinions freely, he of course could not remain neutral as affairs then existed in this section. He was | | enrolled in company K, of the 60th! | regiment of the militia, commanded | | by Capt. Newberry. Being in poor health, in 1863 he removed to Kan- | sas, and staid until the war was over. | His health continuing poor he went in 1880 to Washington Territory in cabins The following the names of ad/the earliest settlers of Pleasant | Gap township. The Osbornes, a large family from Ili: Two families of Requa’s in the Southwest. Old Daniel Francis and his two sc age in- law, Arthur and Constable, z jone Abram Towner were refugees | from the Mormon settlement in Tack- } son county Missouri, having settled | here after the Mormons were driven |from Independence. Two tamihes One of the oldest of the yet faving | ! med Harris and Collins lived neat pioneers of Bates county, is Judge the center of the township. Uncle Joseph Wix of Pleasant Gap town- Jam:nyRidge was where he still lives. ship. An interview with him at his | family named Walker at what is JUDGE JOSEPH WIX. A Biographical Sketch of his Lois. Early Lite. 5 Some Interesting Notes of the Settie- 4 ment of Pleasunt Gap. - ane JUDGE WIX’S FAMILY. | eight years, he was taken to Hamil- i | liven this work a day lite, even as a ton county Ill. where his fathers far Mr. Wix n d Sarah 3eaty in i patch ot blue sky, or a reft of sun- tly settled. Sevén ‘years af Dec. 1841. She d in ve home, put us in possession of the | now Pleasant Gap village, A fami-{« wagon, and returned in 1881, and tollowing facts. He was born m/!y of Beatty’s completes the list ot Overton County Tennisee, in 1820. While this makes him twenty five years younger than Dr. Requa, yet the Dr. has been a resident of this county, only two years longer than the Judge. -At about the of they remoyed te western Illinoi his father dying with. tholera upon the road. In the fall of 1858, being then cighteen years of age, he made |those who settled there in 1839 or | | Sn 2 2 eel | previously. Other infor tion giv- | | | } en by Judge Wix concerning the set- tlers of Deepwater, and Hudson will be given in other : ing 5living children having lost three. | The oldest Techn D. was accidently ; shot during the war. The second | boy, Clark, now lives in Deepwater | | good thing, wit and fun help to en- is now living at his old home. A Rejoinder. Rich Hill, Mo., Feb’. 25th, 82. Ev. Times: A harmless joke 1s a light, brightens a leaden horizon. It has ever been asserted by some} scientist, from a physological and hygenic point of view, that the man? ., FACTO RY STORE On South Side of the Square, atrip to south west Missouri, and|Tp. Thomas H. and A. S. now) eA oe = : Indian ‘Lerritory, Notwithstanding live m Kansas. Louis, the youngest, | - hho posseasce he ame e On Conus : A his youth and inexperience, he gave | 1s now in Texas. ane crowd, with peals of laughter, . careful attention to the natural fea- Mr. Wix married a Mrs. Cox, a/| is Teally more of a benefactor to his Cc ll d 2 Be tures and capacities of the various | widow, in 1858. She had two child- | race, than are nine-tenths of our pil a an exami ne LITY | oe pepe travel eds ren, Francis A. and Joseph F. She | venders, backed by any number of ‘a a with a view of finally selecting a lo-| died in 1864. In January 1867, he | q; < : as C ll d PRICE cation for himself* which should martied Heaueud Deweese, his Ae | eiplones pene = however, ad an compare le eventually be in a wealthy, prosper-| ent wife. She has two children liv- | 2N€ thing, in this life, good or eyil, ous and every way desirable neigh- ing, having lost three. but, may be taken, or carried to an . pebiseree . ae Sas in the The first post ofhcé” in the east | ingurious extent. ¢ McClix ito k i Spring of 1039 he Worked’ along ack | part ot the county was established in The above assertion is well illus- Cc urns ; to Polk county, Missouri, and in a $ . be i e tavern (they did nor call thishaslietele 1840 near wie ee Gap vil- | trated by the hoax, which called out a { in those days) he chanced to hear a PEE Roe eas ee en SES |e scathing protest, under the head : PALMER DENIES Lawyers. par man remark that the country in the vicinity of Harmony Mission was the best he ever carried a chain over. Entering into conversation with him, he found him to be a Government Surveyor, and as the result of the conversation he turned his course towards the Mission, arriving there the first days ot August 1839. Found two French traders (Collee & Papin) established’ at Collee’s ford 3 miles below where Papinville now stands. tucky named Anderson Cockrell was the postmaster. A mail route was established from. Boenville through Clinton, Pleasant Gap to Batltown. The first school house (except at Harmony Mission) was in Deepwater township, in the Sutenhinger neigh- borhood. The second was in section 1, within less than half a mile of j Wix’s house. It was built of logs, floored with puncheons. (As most; our young people never saw a *‘pun- cheon’’ we will explain that they were | The Indians having receded west- ward they that fall moved their tra- ding post to what is now Lynn coun- ty Kansas. Haye nct been able to ascertain when these traders first es- tablished themselves in the county The Harmony Mission having been disbanded, and the government having bought the improvements made by the missionaries they were under lease to Col. James Alien (a son of this man was the Allen that married the eldest daughter of Dr. Jones. Another son was_ Robert ‘Allen who lateiy died in Clinton.) After Allen’s lease the property went to waste, and the Government mate by selecting the finest timber and splitting it into strips as uniform in thickness and as wide as possible and then hewing to the required shape for floor planks). The school of course was supported by ‘‘rate bills’’ there being nv ‘‘public school fund.’’ Nedghboring townships furnished some of the pupils, some coming | from as great a distance as 20 miles | and hiring board that they might at- tend the school which flourished fine- | ly. The first teacher was S. D./} ‘ockrell, son of the postmaster. He! was hired by the year for three years | insuccession. The house was also | jin the of ‘Political Correspondent,” signed, ‘““many Democrats,’’ whith appeared in cne of your Dailies, some two weeks ago. It was a bitter denunci- ation ot a possible nominee for the coming congressional campaign. With all due respect for, and, appre- ciation of the nobility, and integrity ot purpose and character, evinced by the writers of that protest, and protest their scorn, and horror of the character of the rumored, nominee, we must be permitted to hint that the credulity evinced in so readily accepting a poor joke as a fixed tact verges upon gullability. The truth of the matter ts simply this. A few fun-loving, ‘wagish politicians, knowing how like a mounting devil heart rules mad ambition,”’ proposed to experiment, for ‘the sport ot the thing.’’ They whisper- their victims ear, candidate That Tilden Ever Made Any Improper Political Advances tc Him. Z _ Chicago, Feb. 25.—A Times spec- ial from Springfield, Il., reports ex- Gov. Palmer as sayimgin regard to the axtaguncement that he had re- ceived ag 5 S. J. ‘Lilden a letter to the effect that he, Tilden, would be 2 candidate for president in 1884 pro- vided Palmer would’ run for vice- president: ‘‘I have received no letter from Gov. Tilden on that or any other subject. I would not tor a moment entertain a proposition ot that kind. The publications on the subject have been entirely unauthor- ized and without a particle of toun- dation,and I wish it so stated.” And the Bridegroom Came Net Logansport, Ind. Feb. 24.— A no- table social event which was expect- ed in this city last evening in th+ marriage of Mrs. H. M. Humes, a well-knawn and widely respected ed in for congress, then stood back hugely HENRY A, McGINDLEY, AS TORNEY AT LAW, Butler Mo. Office east side of square, Edwards’ block. Will. practice in all the courts of Bates and adjoining counties, in the Uni- ted States courts at Kansas City and Jett- erson City, and in the Supreme court at Jefferson City, n1o-tt S. B. LASHBROOK. THOS, J. SMITH, | pees & SMITH, Attorneys at Lave Butler, Mo. Will practice in the courts of Bates and adjoining coun- ties, Collections promptly attended to and Taxes Paid tor Non-residents. Office, front room over Bates county Na- tional Bank. n2 tf. S C. HOLCOMB, Attorney at law, e Office with Wm. Page, over Bank. Butler Missouri. n22m. DPARKINSON & AERNA THY, Attor- neys at Law, Butler, Mo. Office west | side of the sauare 22 i A HENRY, Attorney at Law, Butler, e Mo. Will attend to cases in any court of record in Missouri, and do gener- | al collecting business. M.S. Cowles & Co. ML be found inthe large and pacions rooms under the Palace Motel, where they s : sargest and beat stock of CLOTHING, : GENTS FURNISHING G ) HATS, CAPS, { TRUNKS AND VALIS ' BOOT AND SHOE STOCK, to be tound in Southwest Missouri. We buy direct from Manufactur ers, on large contracia for cash, and can give to our patrons better goodw 5 A < ing le 2 | b y x the $8-o00 paid the A. B. C. F. M. 2 good old negro from Balltown, | ity, and self esteem, that resulted. sen 2 ead a ae ; Court room. The land > = Oe, _0,cloc CGE Cece Was House) in the State. Every one for the improvements. was held as a reservation by the Government ter some years, but fin- ally disposed of, and much trouble and litigation arose about the title that was not finally settled till since the civil war. After a careful sur- vey of the locality the subject ot that he had came occasionally as circum- stances would permit. He was a Presbyterian and afterwards went as a preacher with the negroes sent to | Liberia, Africa, by the Colonization Society. The first church organiza- | tion im the east part of the county (except Harmony Mission) was in | | who | party. Little did our wags imagine, that their would be joke, was to go out broad- cast, and that good and true mea, would accept it as bonafied, and mourn for the degeneracy of their arrayed in her wedding robes, the guests were assembled and the man of God stood ready to pronounce the ceremony, but the bridegroom failed to show up. Investigation revealed his presence in a down-town saloon ina beastly state of intoxication. The Surely Mr. Editor, you will agree | marriage guests adjourned sine die CLAY TUTT, Attorney at Law, e utler, Mo. Special given to Prebate business attention M. L. BROWN. T. HITER CROCKETT. ROWN & CROCKETT, Attorneys at | Law and Insurance Agents, Rich Hill | Mo. Collections a specialty. Office on sixth street, under City Hall. cordially invited to visit ug, We also carry a large Genera Stock of Merchandise at Rich oe Bees ees Deepwater and was « ethodist. d th ; ‘ll iol i i F mao) | wel 2 = ae = and the marriage will not take place. | oe rai aay ‘The second was and **Old Baptist’’ | With me that their fun was catried ze = g ! TON S. & S. P. FRANCISCO, Attor-} *!¢Fe Country Produce of all kinds os - = Sr in Wix’s neighborhood. They also | too far, and that the whole thing was Peres Tracedy. fe) ncyaat Tae nndersaic= sit pile! i 63 wante room for picking) selected what} is now in se | pied the school house for religious too bad a hoax. We have societies i Rice Tex, Feb. 28th.—J. W. Nor- | | tice in the courts of Bates and adjoining s counties. Prompt attention given to col- | I tp. 39 range 30} agency. : * . . !worship. The next church was in a = z oh : r which has ever since been his home. | i. ike NLR oy nat pele gata for the prevention of cruelty to ani-/, postmaster and leading merchant. lections. Office over Hahn & Co.’shard-| yw iat dni grail Gs ' ‘Chi Ey mals, and surely cruelty to human | was called out from his house night | ¥#fe store. 79 - 8. - co. The land was not then in market, | of the Christian denomination. not having been sectionized, al-/ - - is : © by tw ha aeied Gi | a Powel: the yanve lines had} A man named Beaver established | beings 2 RES SEER Sa — —. pc gba cae i Every Depa riment complete in been run. Northeast of where Wix | the first blacksmith shop a quarter of | 48417, Mr. Times, the poor oo ! He wenk but peuwaed in a ne aie sist slot ee tee Sa | tself, having a great vaniety of settled, what is now Deepwater Tp, | amule north of where Pleasant Gap | of their hoggery—some of our wise ace (HEetine Gaketthie sec ad sek | D D. WOOD, Physician and Surgeon, | soods ; in fuet, one of the larges: was sectionized and put into market | W stands. Previous to that the| M. D’s assert—shows decidedly him and fied aithost iaeeantly. ae H ¢ Butler, Mo. “Office over Aaron | combination stocks 19 be townd 4 about that time. But west of range | a Bai = etapa = Wm. Styne whe Lore symptoms of hydrocephalus Scat nee ie eae i | Bee oo tny where. } ine between 20 : ir : js | had a shop on Deepwater just over = Beas | SOP aaR sin . gliee Oc tweet a ane 38. what al | the Renee pig The first | than brain If this be true, and the The Jeannette Search. iT C. BOULWARE, Physician and| Our facilities for buying and now isa first-class, agricultural) 3° Pieaswnt Gap was kept by a | perpetrators were cognizant of this| St. Petersburg, Feb. 23 :—Lt Har- e Surgeon. Office north’side square,| elling goods are second to no country the land remained unsur- | Sore at Pieasant Gap was kept by 2 | Zz Baa + 7 | Butler, Mo. Diseases of women and chil- ‘th eS ee a ae F 1 Joseph Smith. Exact! fact, in common humanity we can | bor and Martin Schutzo, of the U. points touse in the state, and we guaran- veyed for years, the surveyors hay- ; 24 namec Josep mi j Fact, ry <* | rena specialt E : ing reported it not worth the ex. | ate not known, but about 1850.— | only pronounce the whole thing, | s. — to-day for Irkutsk inj —_ See ASAE a hI eC ae as low on same quality x = ee 3 i ‘ ~ . a / | searcl f = tte y1VOrs* = en ie 8. pense of surveying. But after | Settlers —— or — Ce eee at Chick hendo abet oe Jeannette survivors EVERINGHAM, M. D., Phy | & many S (sad -ated i merous so that Mr. ix had good | 2 | TT Rew Sa ee e and Surgeon, Butler, Mo. Office | t * er many settlers had located upon it, it | BE pace scat lreprehensible every way. Hants Saree eenies This ar- eer eos ee eee et OUR MoTTa: was decided to be worth something | ®ighbors not very ‘ar distant, and 3 7 3 2 sus ss west side of the public square, first door! ca 1 supe ponuny 4: t as decided to | some a eae coe € pi ” life | Justice. | ticle has grown into rapid favor with the | north of Olive House. Residence on | Aviuble peuny rather than © and was sectionized and put in mar- | te real hardships of pioneer life | people—the masses, and very justly, too, | west side of North Main street. Parties) low sixyencr.’ ket. At the time the judge settled | were soon over. He was and still is = Soo eee _ | because the proprietors were liberal | indebted to me over 30 days are requ | there were not to excede 150 acres |# man of energy and perseverance, | Sate mee | enough S offer it at oe the price | to call and settle at once. We cordially invice the people 6 4 Age page aaa t Gee eee = whatever i ‘ uch articles had been heretofore sellin: } z | of land in cultivation within a radius | 5 sure to omer ae bs ee . ae in testitying to the remarkable efféct pro- | ge feed at Bp SRS oe ng : {Bates and sujoning counties t ot five miles. jsets his hand to, is relia‘le and trust- | guced by your Dandelion Tonic, not only | a1! can atford to use so potent and pleas- MixeGélaneous. = onus ant sare mavey by #0 tone - aomer, Mr. Wix never gave much atten- tion to hunting but could always easily procure what game was need- ed for food, sometimes killing 4 or 5 deer in one day. In the timber along the larger streams were plenty of wild hogs, supposed to be descended | worthy in every respect 2 possesses |the respect and confidence of a large ltircle of mtances He served is justice of the Peace for a long {&me and was also once 2 member of | jihe county c was largely tngaged in far jand, when the w: r came on, had a on myself, but upon several parties work- | ing forme. One John Daniels was very ith fever and indigestion. I fur- h several bottles of your! entirely cured him. He nks there is no sub- B, D. Parmer, rk District Court. ant a medicine. It is a charming purga- tive, well adapted to summer use, as it cools the* system, cleanses the stomach, opens the bowels and unlocks the liver, while itis one of tt nt bev- erages in use. F cure of i has no 12-2 CULBERTSON, Real Estate A; je Rich Hill Mo., P. O. Box 342- no 4i-tf. L respondence solicited. V. BROWN, J , r Mo. Will draw and acknow contracts, leases and all p acknowledgment or qurat of a from hogs escaped long before from ae foe i ; irs i = - * P {| Youcag buya good pair ef mittens {| 47 A the early French settlers in the eastern cumulated quite a Jar ze property We me near buying a patent es cag aaa foes a P ee clerk of a court of record. part of the State. They were some- fHfe was always at h pposed me churn this morning. We offered Ser : Spa cae See : ‘ times killed for # tafter es- fSlav > zed it to be iw. + Rae Bh Gees | : S. KELSO, M. D. Physician and ed for food but after domes. the patent right mana five dollar | Caps athalf price at Maddy’s. 12-2t « Surgeon. Office first door over Post ~ H ticated hogs were introduced, the wild enes were driven off to prevent them from enticing them away. ‘The set- pos . but as iar (prop- william for one of his churns if he would throw in a good milch cow. ; AH that split the trade was the cow— 4 Boots ana Shoes! Ladies, Gents, Misses and Childrens, a. 2 tle s all went long distances to house- /¢1ly and lawiy xerted) would go, ow figures at the Facto tore. ¥ Traisings, the houses being mostly log he was opposed to its extension into ; he wouldn't throw it in. Me ock & Burns. fessional ca! sstrziors Notice, cluded from and ii rwo